(I won’t be absurd and call for 8″ floppies, besides, I never used 8″ floppies, but I have boxes of 5 1/4″s still)

Thr’s mdrtn nd thr’s nsnty – wht f wr n f yr dvrtsrs? thnk ‘d b jst lttl nnyd tht BB rglrly gvs rdrs cs t byctt thr prdcts. t’s tr tht “t’s r wbst nd w cn d wht w wnt”, bt t’s ls tr tht f y’r bng pd t dvrts stff y shld wrk lttl hrdr nt t lnt yr rdrs.

h hv rqst : Wll y b ddng smthng bt dftng BngBng’s cnsrshp plcs t yr “Dft Cnsrwr!” lnk?

t’s stll cnsrshp, vn f y cll t “mdrtn”.

sy gn : “THS RRNGS SCK”.

It’s pretty obvious, really: just don’t use any vowels in your rude comments. Tht’ll lrn thm!

Perla, if you can, do. Send us a photo. If you’ll do that, I’ll make earrings out of the separator rings from an old multi-platter hard drive.

Back when I worked at Valiant Comics, I disturbed the other employees by wearing earrings that were quite recognizably made out of fancy foiled and embossed special-issue Valiant comics covers. I never told them I made them out of trashed partial copies of those issues.

Q. It’s obvious that you won’t tolerate anything but supportive comments from brown-nosers and yes-men–right?

A. I’ll venture a guess that you responded to a new entry on Boing Boing by announcing that it was hopelessly lame and boring, and then came back later to discover that your comment had disappeared.

Q. Yes! Why did you remove it?

A. This is another one of those questions that has multiple answers.

First: you didn’t explain why it bored you. Without an explanation, announcing that you’re bored is neither useful or entertaining. Also, it’s a real bringdown for readers who lack confidence in their own opinions.

Second: because frequently the “I’m so bored” thing is just attitudinizing. There’s a whole big internet out there, and it’s full of people who, if they don’t like what they’re currently reading, move on and read something else. They don’t post about how bored they are just to have something to say.

Third: maybe that entry just isn’t your thing. It could be someone else’s. Why drag down their conversation?

Q. So we’re not allowed to say something’s boring?

A. Of course you’re allowed. You just have to explain why.

I would throw in the part about advertisers, but I am way over my vertical-space limit, and I’m positive that It is either a troll or a liar (honestly, if It read the moderation pollicy like It stated, It would already know the answers to Its questions)

PS:Some of Its vitriol still contains vowels.

knw ths s nt th plc fr t, bt ‘m rlly pplld tht BngBng cntn wth ths pstr. hv wrkd n dvrtsng fr yrs, nd cn sy wth 100% crtnty tht f ny f my clnts wr yr clnts, yr cntrct wld gt plld n scnd.

Pr-cnsrd fr yr plsr.

“thing is just attitudinizing. There’s a whole big internet out there, and it’s full of people who, if they don’t like what they’re currently reading, move on and read something else”

Ths s tr, bt ‘m sr yr dvrtsrs wld wnt t nsr tht whl y wll hv ttrtn y dn’t ctlly DRV ppl wy. knw t lst fftn ppl wh’v stppd rdng ths wbst prmrly vr ts mdrtn plcs. ‘m nt xggrtng.

n ntshll : y wll vntlly ls dvrtsrs vr ths, fr sr. Hp yr mrl sprrty s wrth t.

Gd lck.

P.S. – f mst : Thy r trrbl bcs thy r gly nd lk lk smthng md whn ws tw. Ds tht rlly hlp?

Yes, my tone was/is aggressive (I called you a liar for saying you read the moderation guideline, which answers most of your points, including the part where advertisers do not and will not change how the Boingers operate, post, or generally think), but ‘It’ is perfectly acceptable until you declare yourself a male, female, or shemale (or an It, as Takuan seems to be).

“My, you seem to have mastered the use of needlenose pliers. How lovely for you.” ?

No no.. This is better :

“Gee, those will go wonderfully with my 2×4 planks and bricks bookshelf. Right next to the candles in wine bottles. I LOVE ‘hobo-punk’.”

See link to “Penis-Punk” earrings

P.S. – Why is my gender important? More to the point, why is it even remotely relevant?

…insert insincere positive comment here…

(wanders off to click the sponsor links on websites where the moderators do not labor under the delusion that they are above criticism, or that they are the sole arbiters of cool…)

(I won’t be absurd and call for 8″ floppies, besides, I never used 8″ floppies, but I have boxes of 5 1/4″s still)

Old 5.25″ floppies make for the best DVD-R / CD-R cases.

(Or, at least tied for best with VarioPac ejectors.)

It’s been ages since I’ve destroyed one…

Put your shirt back on, Hammer. It’s just the internet.

Mind you, even if that weren’t Boing Boing’s policy, I can’t imagine the advertisers solemnly conferring about the implications of our reactions to Mr. Preakhan.

It’s a thine line between being creative and being delusional.